About Me

My background, expertise, and professional journey

Who I Am

I'm a Full Stack Engineer with over 7 years of experience building scalable backend services and intuitive frontend applications. I work primarily with TypeScript, Node.js, and React, and I've shipped and maintained production APIs, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines.

I regularly use AI tools to accelerate development, improve code quality, and support data-driven features, and I enjoy taking ownership of systems end to end while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. I'm especially interested in building open and decentralized platforms that scale.

Based in Lumberton, Texas, I'm always exploring new opportunities to apply my technical expertise to solve meaningful healthcare challenges.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science

The University of Texas at Austin

August 2016 - May 2018Austin, Texas, USA
GPA: 3.8/4.0

Focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Capstone: Diabetic retinopathy detection using CNNs on retinal images. Courses included ML, DL, NLP, and Reinforcement Learning with Prof. Peter Stone. Graduate Research Fellow in AI for Population Health.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Lamar University

August 2012 - May 2016Delaware, Texas, USA
GPA: 3.6/4.0

Dean's List (4 semesters). Participated in ACM Student Chapter, worked as Data Mining Lab Assistant, and was a Hackathon Finalist. Final-year project focused on building a recommendation system using collaborative filtering.

Key Skills

Languages & Frameworks

TypeScriptJavaScriptNode.jsReactReduxPythonSQLBashGoC#.Net

Backend & APIs

REST APIsWebSocketFastAPIExpress.jsOpenAPIS2S CommunicationMessage Queues

Infrastructure & DevOps

AWSEC2LambdaS3CloudWatchDockerTerraformGitHub ActionsRedisPostgreSQL

Monitoring & Observability

PrometheusGrafanaMetabaseCloudWatch

Security & Performance

Service HardeningAuthentication FlowsRate LimitingSystem ProfilingCaching

Soft Skills

Remote-first CollaborationAgile WorkflowsCross-team CoordinationOpen SourceDecentralized Tech

Professional Strengths

  • Experience with the complete machine learning lifecycle from data preparation to production deployment
  • Ability to bridge technical and clinical domains, translating healthcare needs into effective AI solutions
  • Skilled in developing interpretable AI solutions with explainable outputs for clinical and regulatory requirements
  • Strong communication skills with experience presenting complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders

Blake Sonnier

Full Stack Developer & Machine Learning Enthusiast based in Texas, specialized in creating modern web and mobile applications.

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